Plant Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cayenne; Chili; Tabasco; Hot Pepper; Spur Pepper; Red Chili

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-DECENOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEPTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ISO-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-PYRAZINE	0	Fruit	not available	121.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-3-ISOBUTYL-PYRAZINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTENOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-UNDECANONE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-PENTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETAMIDO-2-METHYL-TETRADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-ALPHA-CAROTENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ISOBUTYL-2-METHOXYPYRAZINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	11	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	5	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic	1	Yakugaku Zasshi, 111: 193, 1991.
Antiallergic	10	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran?	2	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.